When is it okay for a position player to pitch in a game?

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Marshall Harris 0:00

Mahimi, Harrison, Grody. Of course I follow Mark Grody on Twitter. I love you guys, and I'm thrilled to be here. I've been listening to the score for many, many, many years.

Pat Hughes 0:09

Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score.

Vinny Rotino 0:14

That was our friend.

Pat Hughes 0:14

And the next pitch. Swung on. Drilled into left field. There's a base hit for Bregman. And you cannot blame at all a hitter, Ron, trying to get hits. That's his job. That's what he does. You can't tell a guy don't get a hit.

Vinny Rotino 0:31

No, no, we wouldn't want that. Pat Hughes, Ron Coomer. Thanks to the Cubs radio network. The Cubs absolutely whooped up on the Detroit Tigers last night by a final of 11 to two. We mentioned it earlier. Picker Armstrong on base five times. Alex Bregman also chipping in with the offensive production. It was that kind of night for everybody.

Marshall Harris 0:54

He was like, everybody else got a hit around here. I need to get a hit. I don't care who's pitching.

Vinny Rotino 0:58

I was about to say everybody, and I'm like, is that too much? Did I do too much by relaxing?

Marshall Harris 1:02

No one's stopping me from saying it, so don't worry about it.

Vinny Rotino 1:05

Amen.

Marshall Harris 1:05

Getting tipsy? Is that what you're saying?

Vinny Rotino 1:07

They got he. I mean, they definitely had a lot of hits. They got hitterish. I don't know if that counts, but we'll take it. There it is. There it is. Is that song?

When did the hosts introduce the Cubs vs Tigers blowout and its key players?

Vinny Rotino 1:17

I think that song is older than the Boosie song they're playing right now for Home Run.

Mark Grote 1:22

Yes, absolutely. I'm with you on that, Layla. I'm glad you pointed that out.

Vinny Rotino 1:26

I hate to admit it. I hate to be the one to say, hey, all the bangers of our youth are 20 years old now. But back that ass up by juvenile was, don't forget, he said Cash Money Crew is taking over for the 9-9 in the 2000s. 2004.

Marshall Harris 1:40

That's when Tipsy came out.

Vinny Rotino 1:42

Okay. I do like that they're, but I'm not happy with Boosie criticizing Caleb Williams. He was in the wrong. Ray's just going to kick it on the ones and twos right now. I'm into it.

Mark Grote 1:53

Good with that.

Vinny Rotino 1:54

I'm good with that. I love the fact that the Sox just opened up the can. David Peterson got to pitch, hopefully a little bit easier last night. And I don't know why. I think I'm on the Mark Brody side of absurdity is fun in sports with this. The position player pitching moment that happened, especially a few years ago, you'd giggle like it was a sign of your team doing well against somebody else.

Mark Grote 2:17

It was novels.

Vinny Rotino 2:18

Players on the mound would laugh at themselves, see Anthony Rizzo. And then I got scolded by Ozzie. Ozzie Guillen, when I worked with him on White Sox pre- and post-game, was like, no. He was like, I hate it. This is the worst thing. He was always concerned about injuries. He thought it was a bad idea. He just thought it sent wrong messages, and he was always worried about a position player hurting themselves in some way, shape, or form when they were on the mound. And Ozzie had a point. I always listen to Ozzie's baseball sensibilities. Well, we have Zach McKinstry on the mound in the seventh. And then on the other side, poor Luis Angel Acuna had to do a little bit of everything.

Marshall Harris 2:54

See, you say poor Luis Angel Acuna, but when you only have to throw five pitches, it takes him longer to warm up than it did to actually go through the order one, two, three.

Vinny Rotino 3:02

At least you could kind of laugh about it on the Sox side because it has been such a rarity.

Marshall Harris 3:07

And it was just one inning.

Vinny Rotino 3:08

It was just one inning. McKinstry, who I, if you remember my 2023 Odyssey with the Cubs, I wasn't sure was real at times because it was a name. I'm like, is he really real? He was a Cub.

Mark Grote 3:19

He was really a Cub. I looked it up again. He was an actual Chicago Cub.

Vinny Rotino 3:23

Him and P.J. Higgins, which also sounded like a fun place to enjoy time with your friends and maybe have a turkey O'Toole sandwich or something. Mudslide, who do I drink? Anyway, Zach McKinstry was on in the seventh.

Mark Grote 3:36

Seventh, that's the problem.

Vinny Rotino 3:37

And it's one thing for us to talk about this. But when guys like Ozzy say something, or Pat and Ron, okay, then I'm listening.

Pat Hughes 3:48

Zach McKinstry. is a position player. Of course, you know that. He used to be with the Cubs, and he played right field for most of last night's game. He has come on to pitch for the Detroit Tigers in the bottom of this seventh inning.